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August 9, 2022 | Plymouth, MA

After the founding of Plymouth in 1620, an immigration wave called the Great Puritan Migration took place over the next 20 years.

To read more, visit: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/

Here are my Great Migration ancestors who arrived in Plymouth during that time:

John Winslow (9th great grandfather) – arrived on the Fortune in 1621. His brothers, Gov. Edward and Gilbert Winslow, were passengers on the Mayflower. M. Mary Chilton, Mayflower passenger. (See Mary Chilton post.) Read more at: https://pilgrimhall.org/john_winslow.htm

Hester Le Mahieu Cooke (10th great grandmother) – she and her children Jane [Cooke Mitchell], Jacob and Hester arrived in Plymouth in 1623 on the Anne. Her sister, Marie Le Mahieu married Jean de Lannoy (which became Delano in New England) — they are ancestors of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Hester’s husband Francis Cooke was a passenger on the Mayflower. https://pilgrimhall.org/pdf/Francis_Cooke_17th_Century_Documents.pdf

Mercy Sprague Tubbs (9th great grandmother) — Arrived at the age of 6 in 1623 on the Anne with her father, Frances Sprague. m. William Tubbs and later divorced due to her infidelity. She subsequently moved to Rhode Island. Frances Sprague did not subscribe to the strict Puritan beliefs.

Experience Mitchell (9th great grandfather) — travelled in 1623 to Plymouth Colony on the ship Anne, with his sister, Constant Mitchell. (Constant went on to marry John Fobes, whose father was one of the founders of Presbyterianism). M. Jane Cooke, daughter of Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke. Read more at: https://duxburyhistory.org/pilgrim-history-duxbury-massachusetts/legacy-lasting-legacy/mitchell-letter/

William Alfred Tubbs (9th great grandfather) — believed to arrive in Plymouth in 1635. M. Mercy Sprague and later divorced after she was unfaithful. Remarried Dorothy Soames. He and Experience Mitchell were neighbors in Duxbury, but their families wouldn’t connect until 5 generations later when Peter Tubbs married Sarah Washburn in New York State. Read official colony documents mentioning Tubbs, Sprague, and Mitchell: http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/Tubsrec.htm